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title: Marshal Foch After Signing the 1918 Armistice
author: Unknown Photographer
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21301/marshal-foch-after-signing-the-1918-armistice/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2026-01-12
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# Marshal Foch After Signing the 1918 Armistice

_Authored by Unknown Photographer_

## Image File

[![Marshal Foch After Signing the 1918 Armistice](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21301.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21301.png)

## Image Caption

A photograph showing Supreme Allied Commander Marshal Ferdinand Foch (standing, second on the right) after the signing of the armistice with Germany on 11 November 1918 which ended the First World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/). The train was Marshal Foch's campaign headquarters and is here stopped in the Forest of Compiègne.

German Federal Archives, Koblenz.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Photographer, U. (2025, November 07). Marshal Foch After Signing the 1918 Armistice. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21301/marshal-foch-after-signing-the-1918-armistice/>
### Chicago
Photographer, Unknown. "Marshal Foch After Signing the 1918 Armistice." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 07, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21301/marshal-foch-after-signing-the-1918-armistice/>.
### MLA
Photographer, Unknown. "Marshal Foch After Signing the 1918 Armistice." *World History Encyclopedia*, 07 Nov 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21301/marshal-foch-after-signing-the-1918-armistice/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1987-038-29,_Waffenstillstand_von_Compi%C3%A8gne,_Franzosen.jpg) by **Unknown Photographer**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 07 November 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.